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NBC To Offer On-Demand Movies Via P2P

Posted by Zonk on from the getting-closer dept.

RX8 writes "NBC Universal has signed a deal with Wurld Media to make some of their movies available for download via a secure P2P network in 2006. There hasn't been a price released yet, but the movies include what you would get on their existing video-on-demand and pay services plus around 100 older movie titles. Once the material is downloaded, users can only view it for up to 24 hours before it expires."

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  1. 24 hours? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    Oh no, my Slashdot P2P trial has expired! :( HELP!!!!

  2. Movies available on P2P by mrtroy · · Score: 4, Funny

    NBC...I have a phone call for you.

    The year 2000 is calling, and wants its idea back.

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    [I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]
    1. Re:Movies available on P2P by chriswaclawik · · Score: 3, Funny

      5 minutes ago called. They want their cliched joke back.

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      A guy walks into a bar... well, I forgot the joke, but the punchline is that he's an alcoholic.
  3. This means... by DisasterDoctor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Must see internet!! Dong...Ding...Dong

  4. Will the audio be encoded in Ogg? by Luscious868 · · Score: 1, Funny

    If not, I won't use the service.

  5. Explodes. - No, expires. by Ceriel+Nosforit · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...users can only view it for up to 24 hours before it expires."

    I was expecting to read "explodes" rather than "expires". I'm glad I was wrong.

    But now I worry that by posting this I might give them ideas.

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    All rites reversed 2010
  6. Would that include episodes of "Joey" by ShibaInu · · Score: 2, Funny

    NBC can barely get folks to watch its shows for free, so now they are going to charge for a version that expires? I assume this would be more aimed at the Universal Studios titles...

  7. Stop bitching about the 24hr window by GroeFaZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Users will be able to view the material for 24 hours once they begin playback on their computers

    It's right there in TFA for all to read. Oh wait, this is slashdot.

    Seems to me, though, that this is the only part they got right about this inherently flawed business model.

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    The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.